RailTel

Our leadership and key personnel

Chairman & Functional Directors

Sh. Sanjai Kumar

Chairman & Managing Director

Designation: Chairman & Managing Director

Category: Chairman & Functional Directors

Email: cmdrailtel@railtelindia.com

Shri Sanjai Kumar took over the charge of Chairman & Managing Director w.e.f 23.09.2022. Prior to this Sh. Kumar was shouldering the responsibilities of the Director ((Network Planning & Marketing) and (Project, Operations & Maintenance - Additional Charge)) of RailTel. He is an Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Graduate from University of Allahabad and joined Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE) of Indian Railways in 1992. During his stint in various capacities in North Eastern Railway (NER), he worked in the areas of Train Operation, Planning & Construction of Signalling Systems including commissioning of Panel Interlocking at more than 50 stations in Samastipur, Sonpur & Varanasi divisions of the then NE Railway. He has a full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from prestigious Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurugram. Shortly after completing his PGDM, he joined RailTel Corporation of India Ltd in 2002 on deputation before taking absorption in 2008. Being associated with RailTel from its formative years, he has valuable experience of building an organisation from scratch. He has been instrumental in creation of National Knowledge Network while associating with NIC

Sh. V Rama Manohara Rao

Director/Finance

Designation: Director/Finance

Category: Chairman & Functional Directors

He is a civil servant of 1998 batch of Indian Railway Accounts Service and carries rich experience in Infrastructure financing, policy formulation, budgeting and administrative fields across sectors of Rail Transport and Urban Development.

He held leadership positions in the Ministry of Railways., Government of India and in the Government of Andhra Pradesh on deputation.

He served as Senior Divisional Finance Manager in three Railway Divisions and as Director Finance in Railway Board, Ministry of Railways dealing with Union rail budget. On deputation to Government of AP., he served as Special Commissioner and Group Director Finance in AP Capital Region Development Authority and as the Secretary Municipal Administration and Urban Development in Government of AP.

He has served as Government nominated Director in both central and state government Public Sector Enterprises.

He has done Post Graduate Public Policy and Management Programme from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Maxwell School of Citizenship, Syracuse USA., and holds M.Sc. in Physics from Sri Venkateswara University, AP.

Mr. Rao has attended various leadership and training programs in United States (Maxwell School of Public Policy, Syracuse), Japan (JICA) and London (ESCP).

Sh. Manoj Tandon

Director/ Project, Operations & Maintenance

Designation: Director/ Project, Operations & Maintenance

Category: Chairman & Functional Directors

Shri Manoj Tandon took over the charge of Director- Project, Operations & Maintenance w.e.f 20.03.2023. Prior to this Sh. Tandon was shouldering the responsibilities of the Group General Manager/ Operations and heading retail broadband business of RailTel. During his stint in various capacities in RailTel, he worked in the areas of evolving and maintaining NOC operations and expanded Internet & Wi-Fi networks to improve network resiliency and user experience. During his tenure RailWire broadband crossed half a million customer base and introduced various value added services (VAS).

Before joining RailTel, Shri Tandon has worked in various telecom companies and delivered many greenfield telecom network rollouts & transformational projects for continuous evolution of end-to-end network automation consisting of Service Assurance & Service fulfilment stacks, to strengthen NOC’s capabilities to ensure agile & efficient management of Network, Service & Customer Experience of all telecom verticals.

He is Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics from Maulana Azad College of Technology (REC/NIT), Bhopal in 1990.

Sh. Yashpal Singh Tomar

Director / Network Planning & Marketing

Govt. Nominee Director

Sh. Rameshwer Meena

(Govt. Nominee Director)

Designation: (Govt. Nominee Director)

Category: Govt. Nominee Director

Shri Rameshwer Meena belongs to 1992 exam batch of Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers (IRSSE), carries rich experience in Signalling & Telecommunication field involving planning, implementation and commissioning of Infrastructure projects over IR such as Railway electrification, Automatic Signalling, Doubling, Multi-Tracking. He is presently working as Executive Director/Signal in Railway Board, Ministry of Railways.

He has served at various positions in Western Railway, North Central Railway, Central Organisation for Railway Electrification of Indian Railways and also on deputation to Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd. (PSU under Ministry of Railways) dealing with construction and maintenance of Signalling & Telecom systems. He has ample experience in maintenance of Modern Signalling Systems of IR while working in North Central Railway.

He has attended Training programs on Train Protection Warning System in Italy & France.

Shri Ranjit Kumar

(Govt. Nominee Director)

Designation: (Govt. Nominee Director)

Category: Govt. Nominee Director

Shri Ranjit Kumar is a 1997 batch officer of the Indian Railway Service of Signal Engineers and is presently working as Executive Director (Telecom Development) in the Ministry of Railways. He has approximately 25 years of experience in Construction, Maintenance, PSU (DFCCIL), Vigilance and Railway Board. He has worked as Sr. DSTE in Raipur and Nagpur Divisions of Indian Railway. He has acquired experience of commissioning of Signalling and Telecommunications mega projects and setting up of new Zonal infrastructure (all types of Telecom and IT assets). He has also been suitably awarded for his distinguished works. He has undertaken higher management courses in ICLIF, Kuala Lumpur and INSEAD, Singapore and has exposure in the international arena of Austrian and Hungarian Railways. He also has experience of finalisation and execution of global EPC contracts based on FIDIC conditions.

His current areas of interest include Technological up gradation and improving efficiency of IR telecom network.

He took charge as part-time Government Nominee Director of RailTel Corporation of India limited w.e.f. 15.12.2023.

Independent Directors

Dr. Subhash Sharma

(Independent Director)

Designation: (Independent Director)

Category: Independent Directors

Dr. Subhash Sharma is a trained Economist who is engaged in various academic and social activities. He completed his Ph. D in Economics from Punjabi University, Patiala and started his career as a professor of Economics. He also completed his LLB from Desh Bhagat University in 2018. He is also a practicing Advocate in Punjab and Haryana High court.
Today, he heads the Think Tank, Centre for Economic Policy Research as a Founder Director. Previously, he was also on the Board of Hindustan Copper Limited - A Mini Ratna Company of Government of India, as an Independent Director. He frequently writes and publishes articles on socio economic and socio political issues in various newspapers and magazines. About 150 articles have been published in various research journals, magazines and newspapers. He has authored three books namely Organic Farming: An Economic Analysis, Walmart: Threat to Indian Retail Sector, Bharat: Smridhi ka marg and two are in the process.

Smt. Asha Sharma

(Independent Director)

Management Team

Our leadership and key personnel

Chairman & Functional Directors

Sh. Sanjai Kumar

Sh. V Rama Manohara Rao

Sh. Manoj Tandon

Sh. Yashpal Singh Tomar

Govt. Nominee Director

Sh. Rameshwer Meena

Shri Ranjit Kumar

Independent Directors

Dr. Subhash Sharma

Smt. Asha Sharma